Jim wrote, >Incidentally, [Tulipa saxatilis] it is by no means the only fragrant >tulip. This year I grew >Tulipa polychroma for the first time and was very impressed with the >fragrance. I don't know if that one will persist in northern California, >but another readily available species, Tulipa sylvestris, might, and it too >is nicely fragrant. Most varieties of Tulipa humilis have a lovely fragrance that carries well, and some are fairly pink, though more on the magenta end of it. I never noticed fragrance in T. sylvestris, probably because it's usually cold here when it flowers in the garden. In winter I usually notice fragrance only in the bulb frame, and the only tulips I grow there are those I've grown from seed, because I find the purchased ones too likely to introduce diseases. That reminds me of another pink tulip, which I posted on the wiki last spring: Tulipa cretica, shown growing in the bulb frame, raised from Archibalds' seed. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon, USA